Improvement in clothes-driers



OQHUPE. Clothes-Drier.

No. 203.543. Patented May I4 1878.

E T @FFICH oRIsoN Horn, or LYMAN, MAINE.

IMPROVEMENT m CLOTHES-DRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.

April exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to whichmy invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation, and

Fig. 2 a sectional view of the head-stock and arms.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawing.

My invention relates to that class of clothesdriers known asrotarydriers, and which are intended principally for out-of-door use; andconsists in a novel construction and arrangement of the parts, ashereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, by which a more effectivedevice of this character is produced than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of my invention will be readily understood byall conversant :vith such matters from the following descrip- In l of lthe drawing, A represents the standard or body of the drier, and B theheadstock" The standard is fitted vertically into a socket or base, m,and is provided with a supporting-pin, O, nearest its upper end, onwhich rests the collet d. The head-stock Bis preferably composed of castmetal, and is made in three sections, 0 D F, the sections being unitedand held in position by the verticallyarranged bolts and nuts G. Throughthe center of the head-stock there is a hole corresponding with theupper end of the standard A, on which the head-stock is fitted to rotatewhen in use, being supported by the collet d. The upper disk or sectionF is provided on its under side with a series of sockets or mortises, a,the sides of which form the downwardlyprojecting hooks or studs H, therebeing two hooks to each mortise.

Immediately beneath the hooks H, and on the upper side of the centralsection or disk D, there are upwardly-projecting studs or rests I,

203,543, dated May 14, 1878; application filed 8, 1878.

one of these studs being provided for each pair of the hooks. The underside of the disk D is provided with a series of radial grooves orrunways, J, and beneath each of these grooves, on the upper side of thelower disk or section 0, there is a corresponding shallow socket. K.opening upwardly.

A series of radially-projecting arms, L M,

are carried by the head-stock B, and are so constructed as to bedetachable therefrom. Each of the arms M is provided on its lower sidewith a series of downwardly-projecting pins, N, arranged in sockets,each pin having a spring, 0, and being kept in its socket by thestay-pin P. The inner ends of the arms -M are provided on each side withlaterallyprojecting pins 3, and are scarfed or cut out on the loweredges, 'as shown at z. The inner ends of the arms L are provided ontheir lower edges with the notches 4, and on their upper edges with therabbets or shoulders 2. A clasp or link, Q, is pivoted in the outer endof the lower arm L, and is designed to turn upwardly over the end of thearm M, and thus lock the two arms together when in use, each pair ofarms having one link, as seen in Fig. 1.

inserted in the runway or groove J until the shoulder 2 comes intocontact with the periphery of the disk D, the outer edge 11 of thesocket K entering the notch 4, and the lower edge 5 of the arm, betweenthe notch and its inner end, falling into said socket. The arm M is theninserted in the socket w, the pin 3 passing into the space behind theprojections or hooks H, and its lower edge resting on the stud I. Theobject of the pin 3 and notch 4 is to prevent the arms from working outor being accidentally withdrawn from the headstock B. The object of thescarf or chamfer z is to enable the arm M to be elevated for theinsertion of the clothing. The object of the rests or studs I is to keepthe pin3 and hooks H engaged when the arm M is in position. The objectof the spring-pins N is to confine the clothing in position by ayielding pressure on the same, which may be governed in a measure by thelink'Q. This link may also, 1f desired, be provided with a spring, toyield 1n passing over the end of the arm M,

arranged in pairs, (one pair only being shown,)

In the use of my improvement the arm L is l It will be obvious that thespring-pins may be inserted in the lower arm instead of the upper, ifpreferred; also, that when the link is provided with a spring thesprings in the pinsockets may be omitted.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is- 2. In aclothes-drier substantially such as described, the socket K, runway .J,edge u, and arm L, combined to operate substantially as and for thepurpose set forth and specified.

3. In a clothes-drier substantially such as described, the arm M,provided with the sprin gpin N, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

ORISON HUFF.

Witnesses CHARLES S. D. EMERSON, L. O. WALKER.

